Vaporetto Venice 2026 — Prices, Day Pass and New Connection Search
In a nutshell: Vaporetto prices in 2026 have stayed stable compared with 2025 — single journey €9.50, 24-hour pass €25. What has changed: ACTV has fine-tuned the line network for the summer season, and we have developed a new connection search for Treffpunkt-Venedig.de that works like app route planning — stop-to-stop, with transfers, based on the official GTFS timetable data (ACTV licence IODL-2.0). With this, Treffpunkt-Venedig.de is the first German-language Venice site with real vaporetto route planning in web form.
Current vaporetto prices 2026
| Ticket | Price 2026 | When recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Single journey (75 min. validity) | €9.50 | Only for a short stopover, one way |
| 24-hour pass | €25 | Day trip with 3+ journeys, the best all-round choice |
| 48-hour pass | €35 | A classic weekend |
| 72-hour pass | €45 | A three-day trip or island programme |
| 7-day pass | €65 | Several weeks with island-hopping |
| Children under 6 | free | Carry ID |
The passes are valid across the entire ACTV network — including line 14 to Punta Sabbioni, line 12 to the Murano-Burano-Torcello loop and the city buses in Mestre. Tickets are available at the machines at the main landing stages (Piazzale Roma, Santa Lucia, San Zaccaria, Rialto), in the AVM shops, online via Venezia Unica or by tap-to-pay directly at the validator.
New on Treffpunkt-Venedig.de: the connection search
Until now, for vaporetto route planning travellers had to use either the ACTV app (in Italian, with advertising pop-ups) or Google Maps (which sometimes knows the vaporetto incompletely). We have now integrated our own web-based route planner, based on ACTV’s official GTFS timetable data — with stop-to-stop search, direct-connection checking and transfer logic (a tier-2 algorithm that looks for a transfer option if no direct connection exists).
Example: you want to go from the Ferrovia (Santa Lucia) to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The connection search checks line 2 as a direct connection, but also searches via San Zaccaria with line 5.1 or 4.1. It sees current timetables by day type (weekday/weekend/special-day calendar) and reports the fastest route.
Which pass for which type of traveller?
- Day trip with family: 24-hour pass €25 — pays off with 3+ journeys.
- Weekend city break: 48-hour pass €35.
- Lagoon island programme: 72-hour pass €45 — also includes line 12 to Murano/Burano/Torcello.
- Seniors over 65 or children 6–14: Rolling Venice Card €8 + reduced day passes €16 (24 h).
- From Punta Sabbioni/Cavallino: 24-hour pass €25 — line 14 is included, there and back plus island sightseeing.
What no longer costs you extra in 2026
Contrary to some rumours: there is no longer a tourist surcharge on vaporetto tickets in 2026. The attempt to introduce a higher price class for day visitors in 2024/2025 was abolished again after protests from the tourism associations. Residents, tourists, commuters — everyone pays the same price at the validator.